A life s work ben bradlee biography

Benjamin C. Bradlee was born on August 26, 1921 in Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University in 1942. Before becoming a reporter and editor at Newsweek and the Washington Post, he worked for the State Department in Paris.

As a reporter in the 1950s, he became close friends with then-Senator John F. Kennedy.

A life s work ben bradlee biography

In 1960, he toured with both Kennedy and Richard Nixon in their presidential campaigns. He later wrote a book, Conversations with Kennedy, recounting their relationship during those years. He was the executive editor of the Washington Post from 1968 to 1991.

In 1971, The New York Times and the Post successfully challenged the government over the right to publish the Pentagon Papers.

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One year later, he oversaw the Post's Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the Watergate affair. The Post received 18 Pulitzers during his tenure. His other books include A Good Life: Newspapering and Other Adventures and A Life's Work: Fath